Monday, July 23, 2012

nubilous \NOO-buh-luhs\, adjective:

• 1. Cloudy or foggy.
• 2. Obscure or vague; indefinite.

Nubilous comes from the Latin root nūb meaning "cloud."
troubabore

• a bad street musician \ optional: 'troubasnore'

Never take an apartment within earshot of a convenience store, unless you like listening to nonstop troubabores.

Trivia

How fast can a dragonfly fly?

• The fastest dragonfly can fly 38 miles an hour.

History

• typographer: William Burt received a patent for his forerunner of the typewriter (1829)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser: led the Egyptian army in an overthrow of King Farouk I (1952)
• 12th Street riot: police raid at a blind pig sparked five days of race riots in Detroit; 43 people died and 2,000 buildings burned down (1967)
• Tiger Woods: at 24, became the youngest golfer to win a career Grand Slam (2000)

Birthdays

• Karl Menninger 1893
• Vincent Sardi 1894
• Arthur Treacher 1894
• Karl Swenson 1908
• Michael Wilding 1912
• Coral Browne 1913
• Calvert DeForest 1921
• Gloria De Haven 1925
• Billy Maxwell 1929
• Bert Convey 1933
• Stacy Lacy 1934
• Cleveland Duncan 1935 - Musician (Penguins)
• Don Drysdale 1936
• Ronny Cox 1938
• Nicholas Gage 1939
• Don Imus 1940 - Radio personality
• Gary Stites 1940
• Tony Joe White 1943
• Dino Danelli 1945 - Musician (The Rascals)
• Andy Mackay 1946 - Musician (Roxy Music)
• David Essex 1947
• Larry Manetti 1947
• Belinda Montgomery 1950
• Blair Thornton 1950 - Musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
• Edie McClurg 1951
• Woody Harrelson 1961
• Martin Lee Gore 1961 - Musician (Depeche Mode)
• Eriq LaSalle 1962
• Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) 1963
• Nick Menza 1964 - Musician (Megadeth)
• Slash (Saul Hudson) 1965 - Muscian (Guns N' Roses)
• Stephanie Seymour 1968
• Charisma Carpenter 1970
• Sam Watters 1970 - Musician (Color Me Badd)
• Alison Krauss 1971
• Chad Gracey 1971 - Musician (Live)
• Mr. Dalvin (Jodeci) 1971
• Marlon Wayans 1972 Omar Epps 1973
• Michelle Williams 1980 - Singer (Destiny's Child)